MOAB Shove

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For the Boomerang Monkey upgrade, see MOAB Press.

MOAB Shove is the third upgrade of Path 3 for the Heli Pilot in Bloons TD 6. It allows the Heli Pilot to push back MOAB-class bloons (except BADs and Boss Bloons). When the MOAB Shove touches the hitbox of any MOAB-class bloon, it pushes the first collided blimp backwards. The MOAB Shove effect is more effective against weaker blimps but weaker against stronger blimps. MOAB Shove also gains an extra rocket attack that deals 1 damage, +2 damage to Ceramics and above, has 10 pierce, and a blast radius of 18. With Bigger Jets, the shove effect becomes stronger.

This upgrade costs $2,635 on Easy, $3,100 on Medium, $3,350 on Hard, and $3,720 on Impoppable. If this tower is nearby Level 6+ Rosalia's workshop, this upgrade costs $2,295 on Easy, $2,700 on Medium, $2,915 on Hard, and $3,240 on Impoppable.

Description

Overview

The Heli Pilot with the MOAB Shove upgrade gains a large grille on the front of it. Additionally, its side wings now have two green chevrons per wing instead of one. It gains two horizontal stabilizers, loses its tail rotor, and the vertical stabilizer is now green instead of grey like the rest of the helicopter.

MOAB Shove allows MOAB-class bloons to become pushed back whenever it is near the Heli Pilot's helicopter. MOAB Shove can only affect one blimp per helicopter and the helicopter shoving effect can only stack once. The stronger the blimp, the weaker the shoving knockback.

The MOAB Shove will shove MOAB-class bloons in different ways, dependent on the bloon types along with the quantities of the MOAB-class bloons crammed near the Heli Pilot. Single MOAB Shove Heli Pilots can only handle a certain number of blimps before the blimps push through them.

• MOAB - Single MOAB will be pushed backwards by 30% (pushed backwards at 41% speed with 0-1-3 or 0-2-3) by a single MOAB Shove Heli Pilot.
• BFB - Single BFB will be slowed to 10% speed (pushed backwards at 1% speed with 0-1-3 or 0-2-3).
• ZOMG - Single ZOMG will be only slowed down to 33% speed (slowed down to 22% speed with 0-1-3 or 0-2-3).
• DDT - Cannot be pushed without camo detection. Slows down to 33% speed (slows down to 22% speed with 0-1-3 or 0-2-3).

Official sources give the following as the values for the MOAB Shove, which indicate the speed of the blimps while affected by the shove.

Having multiple MOAB Shoves will not change the amount of knockback inflicted on the same blimp. However, more blimps can be stalled at once if there is more than one MOAB Shove on screen.

MOABs have a few seconds immunity to MOAB Shove after entering the map, and very briefly after coming out of their parents.

Targeting Priorities

MOAB Shove utilizes touch-based mobility and self-mobility to move around the screen with different flight targetings. Its main attack shoots straight movement projectiles, which originate from the Heli Pilot with its independent range like an ordinary tower.

• Follow Touch / Follow Mouse: Moves to where the player taps. On desktop versions, Follow Touch instead becomes Follow Mouse, which will make the Heli Pilot move to wherever the cursor is currently at.
• Lock In Place: Stops the Heli Pilot where it is when the Target Priority is selected. Can be adjusted to choose a different locked location.
• Patrol: Patrols between two spots chosen by the player. Can be adjusted to choose different points.
• Pursuit: Equivalent to the target priority First, except the Heli Pilot will follow in front of the bloons while shooting them. It is unlocked with the purchase of the second upgrade on the first path, with the same name as the target priority. Once upgraded to the respective upgrade, it automatically switches to this target priority.

The Heli Pilot's main attacks always default on First based on the range of the helicopter's weaponry. The shove effect is locked on Close.

Full Popology

Statistics

Updated as of Version 44.0

Base stats

• Landing Base has a rectangular footprint of 27x27. "Dummy range" of 22. Upon placement, spawn Heli Pilot as the main tower.
• Heli Pilot moves at a flight speed of 40. Can be set on Follow Touch / Follow Mouse, Lock In Place, or Patrol Points. Creates Dart and Missile projectiles from centre of Heli Pilot if detecting bloons within range. Apply Shove if within range of MOAB-class bloons.
  • Follow Touch / Follow Mouse: move towards wherever the screen was last touched, or wherever the cursor is on screen.
  • Lock In Place: move towards the locked location, otherwise stop moving
  • Patrol Points: move between two points
• Dart:
  • Projectile, sharp type, 54.6 range, spray of 2, 0.456s attack cooldown, 1 damage, 3 pierce. Projectile size of 3. Projectile speed of 416, projectile lifespan of 1s.
• Missile:
  • Projectile, explosion type, infinite range, 3.0s attack cooldown, 18 blast radius, 1 damage, +2 Ceramic and MOAB-class damage, 10 pierce. Moderate homing, projectile speed of ???, projectile lifespan of ???s.
• Shove:
  • Zone, normal type, targets only slowable MOAB-class, 0 damage, 1 impact, ??? radius, adds Shove knockback (MOAB: -130%, BFB: -90%, ZOMG: -67%, visible DDT: -67%).

Crosspathing interactions

• 1-0-3: Dart attack spawn locations adjusted, now simultaneously shooting double sprays of two.
• 2-0-3: Gains Pursuit targeting and modifies Patrol Points to also gain a stadium-shaped range of Pursuit
• 0-1-3: Flight speed increased from 40 to 70, improves Shove knockback (MOAB: -141%, BFB: -101%, ZOMG: -77%, visible DDT: -77%).
• 0-2-3: Gains camo detection.

Monkey Knowledge interactions

• Airforce Upgrades: All T3+ Heli Pilots get +1 pierce.
  • Base pierce increased from 3 → 4.
  • Missile pierce increased from 10 → 11.
• Elite Military Training: All Military Monkeys get a one-off +1000 XP and earn XP in-game 5% faster permanently.
• Military Conscription: First military tower costs only ⅔ of the original cost.
  • Heli Pilot base cost from $1,360, $1,600, $1,730, and $1,920 → $910, $1,070, $1,160, and $1,285 on Easy, Medium, Hard, and Impoppable, respectively.
• Advanced Logistics: All Military Monkeys base costs reduced by 5%.
  • Heli Pilot base cost from $1,360, $1,600, $1,730, and $1,920 → $1,290, $1,520, $1,640, and $1,825 on Easy, Medium, Hard, and Impoppable, respectively.
    • If Military Conscription is also enabled, the final cost will be $845, $990, $1,070, and $1,190.
• Monkey Education: All Monkeys XP earn rate increased by 8%.
• Better Sell Deals: All Monkeys sell for 5% more. Increases sell potency from 70% to 75%.
• Veteran Monkey Training: All Monkeys reload time reduced by 3%.

Attack Interactions

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See also: Attack Interactions/Bloons TD 6/Military

Updated as of Version 44.0

Base attack(s)

• Dart:
  • Sharp
  • Straight Spray (2)
  • Straight Attack
  • Touch-Based Mobility
  • Flying

Costs

Updated as of Version 46.0. Listed prices exclude external buffs, any sacrifices, and Monkey Knowledge.

This upgrade's prices (or included crosspath's prices) are affected by the following MK: Military Conscription, Advanced Logistics, Better Sell Deals

Strategy

Summary

MOAB Shove is the cheapest option for stalling MOAB-class bloons in the whole game, but it comes with low overall damage. The main benefit of MOAB Shove comes from controlling where it pushes back MOAB-class bloons. However, it can usually only stall one MOAB-class bloon at a time, so it tends to be outclassed by blimp-stalling options that are generally more reliable and don't fall off so easily further in the game, such as Maim MOAB or MOAB Press. On the other hand, it is one of the cheapest options to reduce progress of MOAB-class bloons, and comes with the benefit of mobility.

Besides the shoving effect, MOAB Shove adds a missile attack that has low pierce but is fairly accurate. It doesn't deal much extra benefit, but can be serve as a niche benefit on challenges such as Least Tiers that require popping of Leads and doing minor grouped damage. In contrast, the extra missile can be a nuisance when attempting Rubber to Gold farming (which disrupts Lead to Gold) or to maximize MOAB stalling.

Tips

• In many cases, it is better to go for 0-1-3 or 0-2-3 if the only purpose is to provide simple helicopter knockback to blimps. This is because adding Bigger Jets allows the Heli Pilot to travel faster, while the subsequent IFR upgrade allows the Heli Pilot to knockback DDTs. In addition, 0-1-3 and 0-2-3 deal greater knockback versus MOAB-class.
• On a couple of cases, 2-0-3 MOAB Shove is useful, as it can follow blimps without requiring extra micro.
• In general, MOAB Shove is not a good support tower late-game, due to it doing poorly against multiple MOAB-class bloons. MOAB Press and MOAB Glue are superior options during the late-game. Instead, MOAB Shove excels in the early mid-game to minimize the threat of spaced MOABs.
• MOAB Shove can completely prevent a MOAB or BFB from progressing and is cheaper than Maim MOAB. Therefore, it can be used if the Round 40 MOAB is a major problem for the defense. This also applies to the ABR Round 40 Fortified MOAB.
• Its mobile shoving effect makes it helpful against Resurrected Blimps, which move very fast, especially against T1 Gravelord Lych and its Elite counterpart.

Version History

Balance Changes

Bug Fixes and General Changes

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24.0

• Description changed from "Can collide with and shove MOAB-Class Bloons, impeding their movement." to "Can collide with and shove MOAB-Class Bloons, reversing or slowing their movement. Shove is amplified by Bigger Jets and IFR upgrades."

Extra Notes (Version History)

Gallery

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1-0-3 MOAB Shove in frontal view

Crosspathing (Top: Path 1, Bottom: Path 2)

MOAB Shove missile aiming at Black Bloons

MOAB Shove's missile exploding

MOAB Shove missile aiming at a MOAB

Enough XP to unlock MOAB Shove

Official artwork

Upgrade portrait

Upgrade icon

Instamonkey icon

Trivia

• MOABs shoved back by MOAB Shove do not turn.^[1] This is intentional, since the shoves are typically done perpendicular to the side of the MOAB and thus do not deviate the angle of the MOAB as it is shoved back along the map.
• Strangely (but also intended possibly) the MOAB Shove can push back MOAB-class bloons even if the front of the helicopter is not pointed at the MOAB.

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